Which works. The keys are mapped exactly as I'd hope. However, every time I restart my computer (haven't tried specifically logging out and back in to see if it's different) the keys have returned to their original mappings. I was under the impression that this was a permanent command.

I then found this answer suggesting that gnome might be resetting my xkb settings: https://askubuntu.com/a/582498/550300 but changing the key suggested there had no noticeable effect on restart.

That's my backstory, here's my question: how do I make the above command permanent? I was trying to avoid adding something to my .bashrc because I thought there should've been a more permanent solution without directly overwriting the xkb files or executing a script on startup.